DID YOU KNOW?
The answer
That many had already set out to write one. Luke 1:1 opens, "Since many have undertaken to compile a narrative about the events that have been fulfilled among us." Luke never names who the many were.
Why it’s interesting
Luke says he will write "a well-ordered account" (Luke 1:3). Opening with sources and a purpose is how many Greek histories began.
Scholarly consensus
Learn the Bible.
Not just the stories, but the history, authorship, and scholarship behind it.